The 6 dimensions of Religion

1.<Tab/>Ninian Smart has established 6 dimensions or structures in a way to find a common ground between all world religions. These are classified into the thought, "mind", dimensions which are the experiential, mythical, and doctrinal dimension, and then the multi-sensory dimensions which are the ritual, ethical and social dimensions. The experiential dimension is the religious experience. People come to know their religion, their God or the ultimate reality through experience. According …

…In the light of modernity I would consider myself a "pluralist". I a still attached to most of the doctrines, rituals and ethics of the religion I was baptized into, but I am truly tolerant and empathetic to most other religions. I am sure we don't know all there is to know about God and that the Catholic Church doesn't know everything there is to know and what is known is not always completely true.